Asidua

Dinuka

I am currently studying BEng Hons Software Engineering at the University of Ulster, Jordanstown.

I love the challenge of writing efficient and well-designed programs, figuring out how to make my programs run faster and how to better design them, and seeing the results of my efforts actually do something.  I think it suits my ability of understanding and thinking logically.That is the main reason of choosing this course also software engineering is wonderful subject with lots of excitement.

I am really honoured to be one of the recipients of Asidua Scholarship programme. This is a great opportunity for me to gain knowledge in the real working environment and help develop for my furture programming career. 

If you want to learn more about my experiences in Asidua, please read my regular blog updates below…

25th February 2011
I was offered part time work with Asidua and was delighted to accept.  This time I will be working on a completely different type of project.  It is a Java based programme but it is web-based like the previous project.  This time, I will be working in Unit 10.  I met my team and my manager, he explained the project and the work to me.  It is good to be back at work with Asidua.


20th January 2011
Back to University after the Christmas break and got the results of my first semester examinations.  I passed all three subjects.  I feel that my work experience with Asidua assisted in helping me pass these examinations.  I attended the work Christmas dinner two weeks ago and I met all my old work colleagues.  It was really good to see them again.  I was told that the customer care portal project had been completed.  It was a good evening.


15th December 2010
Back home for a break from studies and looking forward to the Christmas season.  Asidua invited me to their company Christmas Dinner.  Looking forward to meeting up with everyone again after two months.

 

20th September 2010
Final day at Asidua and now I turn my attention back to my University.  I am going to start my second year but this time I am going back with the added benefit of knowledge gained whilst working at Asidua, which should stand me in good stead for the forthcoming year.   The projects I was assigned whilst working at Asidua were more advanced than the study work given by the University but this will only be beneficial to me in terms of my future class work. 

 

6th September 2010
I was assigned to work on a web based customer care portal.  I gained a lot of experience on Microsoft CRM.  This project is in the final stages of fine tuning.  We are testing the functionality of the programme and troubleshooting any errors on pages. 

 

1st July 2010
I started my placement on the second week of June and it is a wonderful experience so far. I had my induction session in the first week and I learned a lot about the company.  It is really good to work in a peaceful and friendly environment.  My line manager helped me with the training I needed and I was assigned to do testing on a project which my colleges were working on.